Disappointing home race for Webber

Car 9, DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position DNF, Start Position: 8th)I can understand that Felipe (Massa) was in a quicker car and was trying to overtake, but you've got to have your car alongside to  pass, especially in a corner like Turn one, you can't just ram into them. Felipe took a lunge from too far back and Turn one is a corner where you have to turn in early - it's not like Turn three, which is a hairpin and  door's  open  for  a long time. I  screwed up  last  year when  I tried  a  speculative move on Alex (Wurz), but I took full responsibility for it and I would expect Felipe to do the same today."

Car 10, MARK WEBBER, (Finish Position DNF, Start Position: 14th)"It's  a  real  shame,  I'm  very  disappointed. I  had a  reasonable  start into  Turn  one, I was  behind  Kimi  (Raikkonen)  going  around  the  outside,  then  I  think  someone  hit Jenson (Button) on the inside and I had to go on to the grass. I had a good run down to  turn  three,  but  then  (Kazuki)  Nakajima  came  along  side  with  no  front  wing.  I thought 'this will be interesting', - he had a bit of a moment and he and (Anthony) Davidson were very tight next to me. I was trying to give them as much room as I could and, although I didn't really feel any contact at all, I think the left rear of my car got a clip from Davidson."

CHRISTIAN HORNER:  "A  massively  disappointing  race,  especially  for  Mark  at  his home  Grand  Prix.  Unfortunately,  it  was  one  of  those  Sunday  afternoon's  when nothing  seemed  to  go  right  for  us,  although  we  weren't  alone  in  that  respect. Thankfully  the  next  race  is  only  one  week  away,  so  we'll  look  forward  to  leaving Australia tonight."

FABRICE LOM, Renault Principal Engineer, Track Support: "It was a pure racetechnically, we suffered two accidents due to the fault of others, but that is racing...We  can  see  that  the  new  rules  have  put  some  fun  and  hazards  into  the  race!  Wehave to deal with that - the best drivers will be on the track at the end of the racesand we will be among them."


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